GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glossopharyngeal nerve mean? 

• GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE (noun)
  The noun GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE has 1 sense:

1. sensory nerve to the pharynx and back of the tongue; motor fibers innervate muscles that elevate the pharynx and larynx; includes parasympathetic fibers to the otic ganglion

  Familiarity information: GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sensory nerve to the pharynx and back of the tongue; motor fibers innervate muscles that elevate the pharynx and larynx; includes parasympathetic fibers to the otic ganglion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

glossopharyngeal nerve; nervus glossopharyngeus; ninth cranial nerve

Hypernyms ("glossopharyngeal nerve" is a kind of...):

cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)

 Context examples 

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder affecting the glossopharyngeal nerve (ninth cranial nerve).

(Glossopharyngeal Nerve Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by involvement of the glossopharyngeal nerve (ninth cranial nerve).

(Glossopharyngeal Nerve Disorder, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A very slender, longitudinal column of motor neurons in the ventrolateral medulla oblongata; its efferent fibres leave with the vagus and glossopharyngeal nerve and innervate the striated muscle fibres of the pharynx (including the musculus levator veli palatini) and the vocal cord muscles of the larynx.

(Nucleus Ambiguus, NCI Thesaurus)